DNR Survey Finds Nearly 1600 Nesting Pairs Of Eagles In Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports its survey has found 86 more nesting pairs of eagles in the state than last year.  Experts say the biggest factor in the growth of the eagle population was the ban on the use of the pesticide D-D-T in the early 70s.  Today, cars and lead poisoning are the biggest threat.  Eagles are found in 70 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties and the D-N-R reports a total of one-thousand-590 nesting pairs.  Forty-four years ago, the first state census turned up just 108.  A nest was found this time in Kenosha County — for the first time — and only Milwaukee and Walworth counties don’t have at least one nesting pair of eagles.